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Guinea: SYNEM press conference on disaffiliating from the trade union national centre, CNTG
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Aug 13, 2014
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2014 August 13, Asmaou Bah the General Secretary of SYNEM told the whole story at an press conference.
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Pakistan: Domestic workers are still struggling hard to get their basic rights to work and live
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Aug 10, 2014
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In August 2010, Tehmina, a twelve-year-old girl from Multan district who worked as a domestic help in a house situated in a posh neighourhood in Islamabad, was pushed off a balcony by her employer for demanding salary. She suffered spinal-cord injuries and was paralysed. Though her poor father managed to get a case registered against her employers with the help of civil society and media, he reached an out-of-court settlement with Tehmina’s employers after two months.
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USA: Domestic Workers' Champ Envisions Win-Win Future
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Aug 08, 2014
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In July, Massachusetts became the fourth state after New York, California and Hawaii to pass a home care workers' bill of rights, which requires such things as unemployment insurance and overtime for workers.
That's all great news to the National Domestic Workers Alliance, a network of nannies, housekeepers and caretakers of elderly people that has been working since 2007 to advance public awareness of the important role these workers play in society and to advocate for better work conditions.
In two question-and-answer sessions in late July with Women's eNews, Ai-jen Poo, the group's director, talked about the current state of caregiver work and the network's efforts.
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Brazil: New law supports domestic workers' rights
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Aug 08, 2014
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May 21, 2015 02:22 PM
A new law in Brazil has come into force under which employers can be fined if they fail to register their domestic workers. It is part of new measures to provide basic protection for some seven million domestic workers long excluded from Brazil's stringent labour laws. Employers can now be reported and fined several hundred dollars each time they break part of the code. A constitutional amendment limits domestic workers to a 44-hour week. It defined other rights as well - basic entitlements such as an eight-hour working day, the right to the minimum wage, a lunch break, social security and severance pay.
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IDWF e-Newsletter #4 - JULY 2014
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Jul 31, 2014
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Apr 22, 2015 10:42 PM
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IDWF e-Newsletter #4 - JULY 2014
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Pope's tweet opens window to an invisible workforce
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Jul 30, 2014
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May 21, 2015 05:16 PM
On Tuesday, Pope Francis tweeted: "May we be always more grateful for the help of domestic workers and caregiver; theirs is a precious service." With one simple message in honor of St. Martha, the patron saint of cooks and housekeepers, the pope encouraged the world to care for the workers who care for us every day.
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UK: Justice for Domestic Workers rally to "Say No to Slavery"
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Jul 30, 2014
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May 21, 2015 04:36 PM
Justice for Domestic Workers rally to "Say No to Slavery".
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Global: IDWF – an affiliate of the IUF and WIEGO
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Jul 30, 2014
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Oct 24, 2014 12:38 AM
In May this year, the IDWF affiliated to the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) and, in July, to Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), thus formalizing its relationship with its two close long-standing partners.
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Pope Francis tweeted about domestic workers
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Jul 29, 2014
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May 21, 2015 05:14 PM
“May we be always more grateful for the help of domestic workers and caregivers; theirs is a precious service.” The Pope Francis said yesterday as he paid tribute on the Day of Saint Martha, patron saint of housecleaners and cooks to the Saint.
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South Africa: Domestic workers are encouraged to join union
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Jul 27, 2014
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Jan 31, 2016 06:27 PM
Domestic workers have been encouraged to join the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union (SADSAWU).
This has emerged at the Limpopo domestic workers' symposium in Polokwane.
Its main focus was to empower the workers by making them aware of their rights.
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